Uk English Meaning of pancreas
Pancreas
Other Uk English words related to Pancreas
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
Nearest Words of pancreas
- pancreatectomy => Pancreatectomy
- pancreatic => pancreatic
- pancreatic artery => pancreatic artery
- pancreatic cancer => Pancreatic cancer
- pancreatic duct => pancreatic duct
- pancreatic fibrosis => Pancreatic fibrosis
- pancreatic juice => Pancreatic juice
- pancreatic vein => Pancreatic vein
- pancreatin => Pancreatin
- pancreatitis => Pancreatitis
Definitions and Meaning of pancreas in English
pancreas (n)
a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin
pancreas (n.)
The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
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Pancreas
a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulinThe sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
pancratium => pancratium, pancratist => pancratist, pancratical => pugilistic, pancratic => pancratic, pancratiastic => pancratiastic,
